@nx/expo - Latest expo/cli breaks tasks

[pk1m]

Current Behavior

When running latest expo/[email protected], modules are unable to resolve and bundle 404's

Expected Behavior

Should work as expected in expo/[email protected], where modules resolve and bundle loads.

GitHub Repo

https://github.com/pk1m/test-expo-cli-bug

Steps to Reproduce

1. run npx nx run test-app:start
2. open web app, bundle will 404

Nx Report

NX   Report complete - copy this into the issue template

Node           : 24.0.1
OS             : darwin-arm64
Native Target  : aarch64-macos
npm            : 11.3.0

nx                     : 22.1.1
@nx/js                 : 22.1.1
@nx/jest               : 22.1.1
@nx/eslint             : 22.1.1
@nx/workspace          : 22.1.1
@nx/detox              : 22.1.1
@nx/devkit             : 22.1.1
@nx/expo               : 22.1.1
@nx/module-federation  : 22.1.1
@nx/react              : 22.1.1
@nx/rollup             : 22.1.1
@nx/vite               : 22.1.1
@nx/vitest             : 22.1.1
@nx/web                : 22.1.1
typescript             : 5.9.3
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Registered Plugins:
@nx/expo/plugin
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Cache Usage: 0.00 B / 46.04 GB

Failure Logs

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Operating System

• [x] macOS
• [ ] Linux
• [ ] Windows
• [ ] Other (Please specify)

Additional Information

For some background, I was attempting to update expo/cli to latest to resolve HMR issue I noticed.

But when running nx/expo targets using expo/[email protected] the bundle fails to load with "type": "UnableToResolveError". This is reproducible in the repo i linked above.

Running expo start from the app directory works as expected.

I investigated a little bit and noticed a difference between (what was working for me) expo/[email protected] and expo/[email protected]

I added some logging and noticed that there is some double pathing going on.

expo/[email protected] expo:metro:withMetroResolvers Custom resolver (requestPostRewrites) threw: FailedToResolvePathError. (module: ./apps/test-app/index, platform: web, env: undefined, origin: /Users/takim/Code/expo-cli-bug-repro/apps/test-app/.)

expo/[email protected] (module: ./apps/test-app/index, platform: web, env: undefined, origin: /Users/takim/Code/expo-cli-bug-repro/.)

the origin in the latest expo/cli resolves to the project root when before it was the workspace root. this causes metro to be unable to find the module since its trying to resolve /Users/takim/Code/expo-cli-bug-repro/apps/test-app/apps/test-app/index

not sure where this bug should be opened so i opened it in both https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/41209